Annuals for foliage: colorful, fast-growing choices to sharpen any planting
Article Abstract:
Foliage plants enhance a garden not only for their flowers, but also for the texture and shapes of their leaves. Castor bean plants, hibiscus and zinnias are some of the annuals which offer a variety of height and bright colors. Planting them in tandem with perennials varies the setting and appearance.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
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Colorful complements: annuals that make good partners for perennials
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Annuals are tasteful, colorful additions to a garden border of perennials. Good candidates to grow include California poppy, cheese mallow, larkspur, pink catchfly and dairy pink. Like welcomed weeds they self-sow and are trouble free. Other favorites are discussed along with border designs.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1996
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For showy, all-season shrubs, try witch hazels and their kin
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The family Hamamelidaceae contains colorful, disease- and pest-resistant shrubs for gardens in every zone. The witch hazels produce fragrant early flowers and flaming fall foliage. Corylopsis species bloom March to April, followed by Fothergilla species.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
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